Steam-cooker.



No. 632,!99. Patented Aug. 29, |8919.

' T. PERRIN.

STEAM COOKER.

(Application lpd Hay 18, 1899.)

(Nn Model.)

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UNrrnn STA-*res THOMAS PERRIN, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI.

STEAM-COOKER.

SIECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,199, dated August29, 1899. Application filed May,18,1899. Serial No. 717,302. (No model.)

T0 all w/wm it may concer-7e:

Be it known that I, THOMAS PERRIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sedalia, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and useful Steam-Cooker, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to steam-cookers for domestic use and is adaptedto be placed upon the top of a common 0r ordinary cookingstove, so as togenerate steam whereby the articles of food are adapted to be cooked;and the object of the invention is to-provide an improved form of drumor casing adapted to contain the articles of food to be cooked and aremovable pan or receptacle adapted to contain the water from which thesteam is to be generated.

A further object is to provide means for entirely closing the water panor receptacle, so as to effectually prevent the escape of steam to theexterior air and confine the steam entirely within a drum or casing.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shownin the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 isa longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan section taken onthe line .fr an, Fig. 2.V

Corresponding parts are designated by like reference characters in allfigures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the casing or drum,of cylindrical form, having a conical top 2, closing the upper end ofthe drum, while the lower end thereof is open. An entrance-opening 3 isprovided in one side of the drum and extends nearly the entire lengththereof and through which the dishes or vessels containing the food tobe cooked are adapted to be introduced into the interior of the drum.Connected to the inner walls of the drum and projecting laterally inwardItherefrom is a plurality of brackets 4, adapted to support removableperforated racks 5, upon which the vessels or dishes are adapted to beplaced.

To close the entrance-opening 3, a vertically-slidable door 6 isprovided and has an exterior operating-handle 7. The longitudinal edgesof the door are bent back upon gthemselves, as at 8, so as to stiftenthe edges ,of the door, and are slidably received within the groovesprovided at the opposite longitudinal edges of the entrance-opening bymeans @of longitudinal guide-strips 9. These guidestrips are fasten edalong one edge to the drum and are offset toform the groove for the re-;ception ofthe edges of the door, the other edge being bent inwardlyaround the stiften- ;ing-ribs 8. By reference to Fig. 3 it will be seenthat the offset edge of each of these strips overhangs the adjacent edgeof the entrance- Lopening 3 and in conjunction with said edge provides alongitudinal groove adapted to rejceive the respective longitudinal edgeof the slidable door. Projecting laterally from the inner face of thedoor, centrally and near the lower edge thereof, is a stop-pin 10,adapted to engage the upper and lower edges of the entrance-opening 3,so. as to limit the movement of the door, and said pin is adapted to bereceived within suitable notches 11 and 12, formed, respectively, in thesaid upper and lower edges of the entrance-opening.

The vessel for containing water consists of a pan 13, open at the topand of slightly greater diameter than the drum or casing, so as toreceive the lower portion thereof within the pan. The latteris providedwith an opening 14, formed through the side of the pan, and a spout l5,embracing said opening, so as to facilitate the emptying of the pan whenso desired. To removably connect the pan with the lower open end of thedrum, the latter is provided with diametric oppositelydisposedinwardly-extending and substantially L-shaped hooks or fingers 16,adapted to engage diametrically opposite eyes-or substantially U-shapedstraps 17, provided upon the upper face of the bottom of the pan 13. Byreference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the hooks are iiat and extendin the plane of the bottom of the drum, so as to fit flush against thebottom of the pan, and thereby permit of the drum fitting evenly withinthe pan. It will be understood that the pan may be readily detached fromthe drum or casing by turning the pan axially, so as to disengage theIOO iiat hooks 1G from the eyes orstraps 17, whereby the connectionbetween the two members is broken and they may be separated.

As clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the lower side 1S of thedrum or casing entirely closes the discharge-opening 14 in the side ofthe pan 13, so that the steam generated from the water contained Withinthe pan cannot escape through the said opening, but, on the other hand,is eiectually confined within the drum. Also it will be understood thatit is not necessary to lift the drum entirel y out of the pan to removeor inspect any of the vessels or dishes contained within the drum, asthe door may be elevated su flicently to have access to any of thedishes as desired. Thus it will be apparent that access may be had tothe interior of the drum for any desired purpose without permitting theescape of the greater part ot' the steam as the door is elevated butslightly to expose the lower vessel.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details ofconstruction Within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted towithout departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantagesof this invention.

That I claim isl. In a domestic steam-cooker, the combination with adrum or casing closed at the top, open at the bottom and provided at thebottom edge thereof with inwardly-disposed substantially L-shaped hooks,of a water pan or receptacle having a lateral dischargeLopening providedwith eyes arranged upon the bottom thereof, the latter being adapted toreceive the respective hooks of the drum or casing, which rests upon thebottom of the pan and closes the discharge-opening of the same wherebythe drum or casing is removably connected to the Water-pan,substantia-ily as shown and described.

2. In a domestic steam-cooker, the combination with a drum or casing,closed at the top, open at the bottom and provided With Hatsubstantially L-shaped hooks located in the plane of the bottom of thedrum and eX- tending inward from diametrically opposite points of thedrum, of a water pan or receptacle of greater diameter than the drum andprovided with eyes located at diametrically opposite points upon theupper face of the bottom of the pan, said eyes being adapted to receivethe fiat hooks of the drum, whereby the latter is detachably connectedto the pan and adapted to rest i'iat upon the bottomthereof,substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy si gnatu re in the presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS PERRIN.

Vitnesses:

H. L. PORTER, A. M. SRADEL.

